enterorrhexis

enterorrhexis
Rarely used term for rupture of the gut or bowel. [entero- + G. rhexis, rupture]

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en·ter·or·rhex·is (en″tər-o-rekґsis) [entero- + -rrhexis] rupture of the intestine.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • -rrhexis — a combining form meaning rupture, used in the formation of compound words: enterorrhexis. [ < NL < Gk rhêxis a breaking, bursting] * * * …   Universalium

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